Βριάρεως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βρῐᾰρεύς (Briareús)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bri.á.re.ɔːs/ → /βriˈa.re.os/ → /vriˈa.re.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bri.á.re.ɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /briˈa.re.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βriˈa.re.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vriˈa.re.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈa.re.os/

Proper noun

Βρῐᾰ́ρεως • (Briáreōs) m (genitive Βρῐᾰ́ρεω); Attic declension

1. Briareus

Inflection

Attic second declension of ὁ Βρῐᾰ́ρεως; τοῦ Βρῐᾰ́ρεω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βρῐᾰ́ρεως ho Briáreōs
Genitive	τοῦ Βρῐᾰ́ρεω toû Briáreō
Dative	τῷ Βρῐᾰ́ρεῳ tôi Briáreōi
Accusative	τὸν Βρῐᾰ́ρεω / Βρῐᾰ́ρεων tòn Briáreō(n)
Vocative	Βρῐᾰ́ρεως Briáreōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βριάρεως (Vriáreos)
• Latin: Briareus

References

• “Βριάρεως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Βριάρεως”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Βριάρεως in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004